Oxford Democrat., 1887-10-18
THR ADAMS ADMINISTRATION
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ident of the United State, by the House
Of Representatives, on February 9th. 1928.
At the tenth popular election for Presi.
dent. during the previous autumn. there
had bsea four candidates: Andrew Jack
son. then = Senator from Tennessee. who
received ninety. .nias electoral votes
John Qainey Adams. Of Massachusetts,
then Secretary Of Stats under Prcsidea,
Monroe. who received eigh,y.foar else'
ior.l votes; William II. Crawford. Of
0sorsi.. then Secretary of the Treasury.
Who received fo,y-one electoral votes.
and Henry Clay. Of Kentucky. then
Speaker o. The House Of ofliepresenia,isss.
Who received ,hiriy-seven electoral votes
lin III two hundred aud six,y-one else.
io,al vote. A. neither candidate bad
received the requisite majority OF
one hundred aud ,hir,y.one electoral
votes. the election OF Presidsn, dsvo!vcd
upon the House Of Representatives. IN
which body each State would have one
vo.e. A. the Constitution required ,hA,
the choise Of the Hous, be cJahnsd TO
the three hshes, candidates oa the lisi
Of thoss voted Coz by the electors. aud as
Mr.. Clay wss no, one Of the three. he
va. excluded. Exercising. A. be did.
great cOnuol over bis supporters, IL was
~ifkin his power ,otansfer their s,rnsih
to .i,hs, Adams OF Jackson. thus dseid.
ing the election. The Legislature of bis
state. kentucky. had to a eeitAia degree
Instructed him. by passing join, rr.ola'
iicn declaring iis preference for JAek'oa
over Adams. aud Jackson always billev-
cd ,h., bad he accepted overture. m De
TO him. for the promise u the D'psri.
nsni of State 10 Mr. Clay. that -oald
have insured his election.
Mr.. Clay decided. however. 70 rsqaes'
hi. friend, to support Mr.. Adams To
ose of them be wrote "Mr. Adams.
You well know, should never have se-
lecied II =, liberty TO draw from the whole
mass Of our si,iIsn. for Pre,iden, Ia,
there Is no danger Of hi, election nos OF
10 time 10 come. No, 90 OF bis eompe,i-
tor, u whom | cannot believe iha, kllling
two thousand five handfed Eaglishmen
., New Orleans quslias. for the various.
difficult. ADD complicated duties OF ,hs
Chief Magistrate" Many believed.
however. ihs, = bargain ws made be-
twesn AdAm, ard Clay b. which the lai.
ter received. A. a consideration fof trans
isrrins 10 The former the votes Of ken.
iueky. Ohio aud Missouri. the position
/ Of Secretary Of State. The charge Wa.
distinctly made by Mr.. George krsmer.
Representative from Penn,yl,Ana. and
q, positively denied by Mr.. Clay. 0,n-
er.l Jackson wrote 20 Major Lewis:
$50, you see. the JadA. of the Wes; has
closed the contract and will receive The
itii,y piece. Of silver. ilis cad will be
the same. Wa. there ever witnessed
such barsisesd corruption In any eoan.
Try before ,"
When the senate and the House Of
Representatives me, In joint convention
90 count the electoral votes |, was found
,.. every ore preseni had known fo'
monih.) that no one bad received the req
ui,iie m,jori,y. This was formally an.
noaneed BY Vice Presidsn, Daniel ID.
Tompkias. Who also declared that John
c. Calhoun. Of South Carolina. had been
elected Vice President. The Senate.
headed by the Vice Presiden, and ii'
Secretary. Charles Cuts. then retired.
and the House proceeded to ballo, for
rresidsni.
The election was by States. Each
State delegation appoin,ing one Of their
number 10 act a. chairman. collect their
votes. and report the result. Whoever
In each delegation received the m d, vote.
va, reported As the choice OF thu, deleg,.
,ion 10 the ,sllen-one from each State
Who "a, ia parties Of twelve At two Ia
ble.. Daniel Webster. the teller Of Mas
saehass,is. was sppoin,ed BY the ,sl!er'
=, oEe Of the tables 20 announce the re.
suit of the ballot. and John Randolph,
the teller Of Virginia. va. ApPoin,ed TO
the same service AZ the other table. The
vote. Of mos, Of the States were matters
Of confident calculation. bat ,ho,s Of
o,hsi. were In some degree doubtful. aad
there va. intense ih,sres, manifested as
their votes were announced ~ last.
when the ,seaiy.foar States had voted.
Mr Webster announced. in hi, deep voice.
that ihirleea States had voted for John
Quincy Adams, seven States had voted
for Andrew Jackson. And four States had
voted for William II. Crawford. Mr..
Speaker Clay then announced. In sono-
rous tones John Quincy Adams. hav-
ing received ma sjoii,y OF the votes cast,
Is duly elected Pre.idsn, Of the United
States for four years. from the i,h OF
March nex, ensuing"
A shout Aioss from tbs occapanis OF
the galleries, which Mr.. MeDafie
promptly asked might be cleared. Tue
vote was carried, aud young mAn. who
was Deputy Ssrgeant.At-Arm., mounting
q the broad stons cornice, which ran
around the bail outside " the h)or Of the
galleries, bot on level with them. ex-
claimed. as he walked along "The
Speaker orders ihe galleries 10 be cleared I;
all mus; retire. Clear the galleries!
The commsnd wAs obeyed. to the as'on-
ishmeat Of some OF the foreign ministers
present. who had bsen accustomed 10 see
armed guards AZ such ss'emblsses, aud
often to witness their unsuccessful AZ.
iemp,s to move the pOpalacs. The hoi'e
soon af,erwArd stjoaIned.
That evening President Monroe gave
a public reception at the White House.
which had jus, been rebuilt. after hsy-
ing been burned by the British srmy-in
1914. The two candidates, Mr Adams,
the elect, and General Jackson. ths de.
feAied, accidentally met 10 the Els, Room.
General Jackson, who was sscof,ins .
lady. promptly extended bis hsnd. saying
pleasantly: "How do you do. Nj.
Adams. give you my left hsnd. for
the right. ss you see. Is devoted 70 the
fair. hope you are well. 81" All
this was calamity and heartily said aud
done. Mr.. Adams took the Generals
hand. and said. with chilling eoldnss': I:
.'vsry well. err f; l hope General Jsckson
is wslll" The military hero was genial